New Books in German History and German Studies (July 2022)
New Books in German History and German Studies (July 2022)
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H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-German: 20 June - 27 June
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-German: 20 June - 27 June
CFP: Graduate Conference on Holocaust and Genocide Studies, 16-19 October 2023 (Deadline 31 October 2022)
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Call for Papers
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October 16, 2023 to October 19, 2023
CFP (Conference): Insecurity in the Age of Labour Formalisation: Informal Work in Europe, ca. 1870–1970, 31 August - 2 September 2023, Switzerland (Deadline 30 September 2022)
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Call for Papers
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September 30, 2022
PODCAST. Barbara Warnock and Elise Bath: Persecution of Roma and Sinti in the Nazi era and after
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Lecture
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June 24, 2022
Online Symposium - Patriotism, Combat, and Jewish Identity: The Experience of Jewish Soldiers in the Two World Wars, 6 July 2022
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Symposium
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July 6, 2022
Call for Papers: LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History (deadline 22 July 2022)
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July 22, 2022
CFP (Conference): Warring for the Nation: Armed Conflicts, Mass Mobilization and Nation-Building in East-Central Europe between 1789 and 1922, 11 October 2022, Budapest (Deadline 31 August 2022)
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October 11, 2022
Reminder: CFA PaRDeS 2023: Intersections between Jewish Studies and Habsburg Studies. (Deadline 29 July 2022)
PaRDeS 2023: Intersections between Jewish Studies and Habsburg Studies
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Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Frank Uekoetter
Uekoetter on Treitel, 'Eating Nature in Modern Germany: Food, Agriculture and Environment, c.1870 to 2000'
Corinna Treitel. Eating Nature in Modern Germany: Food, Agriculture and Environment, c.1870 to 2000. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 404 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-18802-0; $34.99 (paper), ISBN 978-1-316-63839-2.
Reviewed by Frank Uekoetter (University of Birmingham) Published on H-German (May, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Reviewer:
Julia Sonnevend
Sonnevend on Harrison, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present'
Hope M. Harrison.
After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Illustrations. 2019. 478 pp.
$34.99 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04931-4. 
Reviewer:
Liam M. Brockey
Brockey on Strasser, 'Missionary Men in the Early Modern World: German Jesuits and Pacific Journeys'
Ulrike Strasser. Missionary Men in the Early Modern World: German Jesuits and Pacific Journeys. Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World Series. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2020. 274 pp. $127.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-946298630-5.
Reviewed by Liam M. Brockey (Michigan State University) Published on H-German (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Reviewer:
Paul Steege
Steege on Ladd, 'The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells that Shaped Its Great Cities'
Brian Ladd. The Streets of Europe: The Sights, Sounds, and Smells that Shaped Its Great Cities. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2020. x + 303 pp. Maps, ill. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-67794-1.
Reviewed by Paul Steege (Villanova University) Published on H-German (April, 2022) Commissioned by Jasper Heinzen (Department of History, University of York)
Reviewer:
J M. Wolfe
Wolfe on Best, 'Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire'
Jeremy Best. Heavenly Fatherland: German Missionary Culture and Globalization in the Age of Empire. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2021. xiv + 322 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4875-0563-9.
Reviewed by J M. Wolfe (Louisiana State University) Published on H-German (March, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
Reviewer:
Arnd Kluge
Kluge on Marchand, 'Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe'
Suzanne L. Marchand. Porcelain: A History from the Heart of Europe. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. 544 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-691-18233-9.
Reviewed by Arnd Kluge (Hof City Archive) Published on H-German (February, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
Printable Version: https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=57323
Reviewer:
Christopher Close
Close on Scholz, 'Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire'
Luca Scholz. Borders and Freedom of Movement in the Holy Roman Empire. Studies in German History Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 288 pp. Ill. $85.00 (e-book), ISBN 978-0-19-258444-1; $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-884567-6.
Reviewed by Christopher Close (St. Joseph's University) Published on H-German (January, 2022) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)
Reviewer:
Thomas Kühne
Kühne on Goltermann, 'The War in Their Minds: German Soldiers and Their Violent Pasts in West Germany'
Svenja Goltermann.
The War in Their Minds: German Soldiers and Their Violent Pasts in West Germany.
Translated by Philip Schmitz. Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany Series. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020. 436 pp.
$34.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-472-03845-9.
Reviewer:
Freia Anders
Anders on Häberlen, 'The Emotional Politics of the Alternative Left: West Germany, 1968-1984'
Joachim C. Häberlen.
The Emotional Politics of the Alternative Left: West Germany, 1968-1984.
New Studies in European History Series. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018. 318 pp.
$105.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-108-47174-9.
Reviewer:
Catriona Corke
Corke on Florvil, 'Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement'
Tiffany Nicole Florvil. Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2020. 296 pp. $26.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-08541-3.
Reviewed by Catriona Corke (University of Cambridge) Published on H-German (October, 2021) Commissioned by Matthew Unangst (SUNY Oneonta)